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Publisher claims tapes expose activist as the ‘Harvey Weinstein of civil rights movement’ who had ‘40 affairs’ By Peter Stubley and Chris Baynes | 27 May 2019 INDEPENDENT — The FBI’s attempt to discredit Martin Luther King […]
Countless stories of World War II will be told today, the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. They will be tales of American heroism and sacrifice on the beaches of Normandy. But there are just […]
Two Contrasting Commencement Addresses a Half Century Apart By Paul Craig Roberts | 2 July 2019 INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY — On June 1, 2019, American vice president Mike Pence gave the commencement address at West […]
By Tyler Durden | 3 June 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Surreal footage shows a massive riot broke out inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday, with Israeli security forces storming Islam’s third holiest site, […]
US Special Adviser Jared Kushner evades backing two-state solution but says Palestinians ‘deserve self-determination’. 3 June 2019 AL JAZEERA — White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner has said that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination,” but stopped […]
In a move that could only be conjured up by swamp creatures and accepted by hive minds, the Associated Press reports that the U.S. State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas […]
1 June 2019 RUSSIA TODAY — It’s been a busy few days for American diplomacy, with three dozen nations ending up at the receiving end of threats, ultimatums and sanctions this week alone. And it’s only […]
By Tyler Durden | 1 June 2019 ZERO HEDGE — President Trump has a victory present for newly re-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and it’s the economic equivalent of a flaming bag of shit on […]
By Susan Edelman | 25 May 2019 NEW YORK POST — In controversial “implicit bias” training, New York City’s public-school educators have been told to focus on black children over white ones — and one Jewish […]
By Timothy Benton | 21 May 2019 0 CENSOR — In a move that is both troublesome and could set up a confrontation with the federal government had declared war on ICE, threatening any fuel […]
By Maj. Danny Sjursen | 28 May 2019 ANTIWAR — Time was that a stint, or even a career, in the military did not necessarily translate into any serious combat duty. That may seem hard to […]
By Tyler Durden | 23 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — The National Retail Federation (NRF) has warned that President Trump’s escalating trade war with China could be devastating for consumers and lead to at least one million job […]
By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay | 23 May 2019 REUTERS — The U.S. State Department failed to meet a deadline on Thursday to provide information to three congressional committee chairmen looking into whether an annual […]
If one could identify a cry common to populists, it might be: ‘We want our country back!’ By Patrick J. Buchanan | 20 May 2019 BUCHANAN — A week from today, Europeans may be able to […]
American farming has encountered the apocalyptic horsemen of 4D-chess-meister Donald Trump’s trade wars coupled with the onset of Grand Solar Minimum (GSM). As we warned back in April, corn, wheat and soybean crops would be […]
US charities and foundations have empowered a web of anti-Muslim groups spreading misinformation and hate, according to a report. The Islamophobia network has extended its tentacles to the halls of power in Washington. By Chase […]
Dozens of accounts, pages and groups operated by private firm peddling fake news were deleted, tech giant says 16 May 2019 HAARETZ (AP) — Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence […]
14 May 2019 MIDDLE EAST MONITOR — Israeli TV Channel 12 reported yesterday that half of the tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest have yet to be sold, noting that this means losses estimated at two million shekels […]
By Laurence Kotlikoff | 14 May 2019 THE HILL — Social Security’s annual Trustees Report came out recently, and it showed Social Security ran a gigantic $9 trillion deficit between last year and this year. The system’s […]
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 14 May 2019 FOX NEWS — Hawaii congresswoman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard had some laughs at the expense of the Clintons for their revived speaking tour and blasted former DNI director James […]
Leftist president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador takes office today in Mexico. Here, he explains how privatization has pillaged the public — and calls for a break with the neoliberal order. By Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador […]
By James Kirkpatrick | 9 May 2019 THE UNZ REVIEW — Hamas and Israel clashed recently [700 rockets, 240 intercepts, 4 dead Israelis: Is the Iron Dome getting worse? By Sam Sokol, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 7, 2019] and, […]
The alleged attack on four oil tankers in the Middle East is a squirrely story. The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday that, according to an initial U.S. assessment, “Iran was likely behind the […]
By Caitlin Johnstone | 10 May 2019 MEDIUM — Whenever you speak out on a public forum against internet censorship, like the recent Instagram/Facebook banning of Louis Farrakhan, Infowars, and several right-wing pundits, you always offend two major […]
By Tyler Durden | 10 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — At a moment the Persian Gulf is heating up given the highest tensions and exchange of threats in years between the US and Iran, Tehran is […]
By Jay Weaver, Nicholas Nehama, Caitlin Ostroff and Sarah Blaskey | 9 May 2019 MIAMI HERALD — The FBI has opened a public corruption investigation into Republican donor and South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur Li “Cindy” Yang, focusing […]
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), at least 231 colleges and universities have created Bias Response Teams (BRTs). BTRs are collectives of administrators, faculty and other college officials. They have jurisdiction […]
Among our readers, even those who don’t follow financial “markets” wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are artificial intelligence algos (quants) that scan news headlines from from questionable sources, like The New York Times […]
2 May 2019 KATU NEWS — A new bill that would allow dentists to administer vaccinations just passed the Oregon Legislature. Next year, Oregon dentists will be allowed to give their patients immunization shots. House Bill 2220 will […]
Trump and his crew of Pompeo and Bolton are in fast-and-furious brinkmanship mode. They seem spoiling for a war someplace, and the best bet is with Iran. What’s being overlooked in all this reckless behavior […]
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